plantar fasciitis???

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19 years ago 01/30/2005 10:38am EST

hello. i have been experiencing some pain on my left heel. i noticed it first yesterday when standing around a lot in dress shoes, and it still hurts today. it is not so painful that i cannot walk or run but i know its there and am worried that it could be someting serious. the pain is around the outside and front of my left heel. i did not feel any extra pain when getting out of bed and taking my first few steps of the day, the pain is consistent throughout the day. does this sound like plantar fasciitis?

thanks in advance for responses.

19 years ago 01/30/2005 11:07am EST

re: Bilbo Baggins.

from an old post:

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This is what worked for me. I had sig heal pain that made walking w/o shoes hard. What I did was regular stretching of my calf muscles and my foot. Especially at night and in the morning. At night I would lie in my bed on my stomach and try to straighten my foot so that my toes were pointing directly down - away from my head. then I would move to my back and try to bend my foot up so that my toes were pointing to my head. This stretched the muscles UNDER my foot. I combined this with basic calf stretches.

After about a week or two almost all of my heal pain was gone. I still do the stretches, though not as often, as a preventative measure.

During this time I also used asprin and other anti-inflams as well as reducing the running.

As an aside, my 10 yr old son, who is very athletic, had a similar problem and went to PT for it. He was given some similar stretches to do and his problem went away quickly as well.

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http://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?board=1&id=705273&thread=705072

19 years ago 01/30/2005 11:07am EST

re: Bilbo Baggins.

mine was always worse in the morning... and i thought that was typical of plantar... but i wouldn't know if that means your's isn't necessarily plantar. to be on the safe side i would recommend getting one of those "boots" to sleep in before it develops. that helped me very quickly after most other treatments had been innefective.

17 years ago 11/14/2006 2:30pm EST

re: Bilbo Baggins.

Can anyone tell me if the original poster is indeed suffering from plantar fasciitis? I have a a very similar pain for the last two days.

17 years ago 11/14/2006 3:54pm EST

re: Think

go see a dr. and get a cortisone shot in the painful spot.

17 years ago 11/14/2006 4:00pm EST

re: Think

Ha, funny to see an old thread of mine pop up. I did not have plantar fasciitis. I am not sure what it was but it didn't last very long. Hopefully your foot pain will go away quickly also.

17 years ago 11/14/2006 4:05pm EST

re: Bilbo Baggins.

Thanks,

I really don't think I do, but the way you describe it is very similar to what hit me. I've only been running ~40 miles a week as of late and I got through college at about 90 miles per week without ever getting injured.

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